Question

Adventure world and Fun Park are 30 miles apart. Both amusement parks have thriving pigeon populations. Both amusement parts have thriving pigeon populations. People drop food throughout both parks, providing the main food source for the pigeons.
Adventure world has the most exciting rides and Fun Park is forced to close when it is unable to bring in enough people to cover operating costs. Upon closing, wildlife from the surrounding areas begins to take over.
In terms of evolutionary change, what is likely to happen to the two pigeon populations in the future?
A. Both populations are likely to remain fairly constant.
B. Both populations will change at the same rate.
C. The adventure world population will change more significantly than the fun part population
D. The fun park population will change more significantly than the adventure world population.

Answer 1

Hint: Pigeons are a dominant species of birds which are easily adaptable to diverse environments. They are found in the majority in areas where they can interact with human beings that provide them food or other areas where their food sources are abundant.

Complete answer:
In this scenario Adventure Park and Fun Park are talked about. Both of them have a rich pigeon population that is being fed by the visitors of both the places. Fun Park gets closed when enough visitors are not available because of which the wildlife from the surrounding areas come and take over that place. This situation is like that of an empty house which remains closed for a very long time and is inhabited by different plants and animals during the time when there is no human intervention in that house. It is a concept which proves that wildlife is safer when there is no human coming in between its growth. Like in the forests there are so many species of plants and animals because they are free to grow without any human activity inhibiting their growth.
As the Fun Park is closed there would be no visitors or no other human being that might look after the place. Because of that grasses will first cover the area, then other wild plants will take over, along with the wild plants wild animals that need a silent place to inhabit will come and make it their home. These wild animals will adapt themselves there and reproduce, increasing their population. Adventure Park which has the same activity everyday could not be inhabited by any new species except the ones that already exist there.
If we compare the evolutionary changes in the pigeon populations then in the Fun Park their population decline but in the Adventure Park the pigeon population will increase as the pigeons from nearby Fun Park will come and inhabit the Adventure Park as they will get food over there.

Hence, the correct answer is option (C).

Note: This scenario is a result of human wildlife interaction which goes in positive as well as negative directions. Mostly the human activities affect the wildlife population negatively leading to their extinction due to destruction of their natural habitat.